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Diffusion of lCTs and E-commerce adoption in manufacturing SMEs in Kenya

Year: 2013

Type: article

Abstract: The Internet's World Wide Web has become the prime driver of modern E-commerce. The World Wide Web and the Internet together with other ICT enabling technologies offer a platform in the way organizations arrange their business processes. address their marketplaces. and partner with other enterprises. The objectives of this paper are to map ICT diffusion and adoption of e-commerce by manufacturing SMEs in Kenya and identify specific barriers to the exploitation of these drivers. The investigation adopts a descriptive survey research design in which rondom sampling techniques are used. The data was analysed using descriptive statistics. Results reveal that high cost. limited funds and lack of technical know-how are barriers in the diffusion of ICTs among the manufacturing SMEs.

Source: South African Journal of Libraries and Information Science

DOI: 10.7553/72-1-1374

Author: S .O. Migiro

Institution: University of Zululand

Language: English

Topic: Technology Adoption and User Behaviour

Subfield: Information Systems and Management

Field: Decision Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Industry, innovation and infrastructure, Decent work and economic growth

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $1,086